6. BRAYDON COBURN SEALS GAME 7 VICTORY AGAINST DETROIT

After going into a hostile Joe Louis Arena in an elimination Game 6 and winning 5-2 to level the First Round series against Detroit, the Lightning were a prohibitive favorite to dispose of the Red Wings on home ice in a winner-take-all Game 7 two days later

But the series-clinching victory was anything but a sure thing. For two-plus periods, both teams felt each other out, neither wanting to make the mistake that lost the series.

Early in the third, Braydon Coburn, playing just his 11th game in a Lightning sweater following a trade deadline deal that brought him to Tampa Bay three-quarters of the way through the season and a broken foot that knocked him out of the lineup four games into his Bolts career, supplied the final dagger to dispose Detroit, his one-timer from the right circle beating Red Wings rookie goalie Petr Mrazek high over the blocker side for the game-winning Game 7 goal.

Anton Stralman added an empty-netter with 1:18 to go, and Ben Bishop earned his first postseason shutout by stopping all 31 Detroit shots to give the Lightning their first playoff series victory since 2011 and send them into the Second Round following a 2-0 win over the Red Wings.